Support for fence-posts



(No Model.)

' 0.11. REIST.' SUPPOR'I POR FENCE POSTS.

No. 513,200. Patented Jan. 23, 1894.

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Al. Lrmosm Asnmurc UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CYRUS P. REIST, OF LEBANON, INDIANA.

SUPPORT FOR FENCEPOSTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,200, dated January 23, 1894. Application filed September 15, 1893. Serial No. 485.590. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom may concern.:

Beit known that I, CYRUs P. REIST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lebanon,

in the county of Boone and State' of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Fence-Posts; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has special reference to an improvement in the means for supporting the posts of wire fences and its object is to produce more inexpensive andv durable devices whereby the posts will be supported and given a higher degree of stability than has heretofore been attained.

With this end in view the invention consists of certain improved features of construction and arrangement of parts that will now be described and liually embodied in the claims. v

Referring to the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention: Figure l represents a side elevation of my improvements practically employed with the earth broken away; -Fig. 2, a perspective view showing a lineor intermediate post and its attachments; Fig. 3 a perspective of the anchor for holding the end post.

The reference letter a, indicates the wires of which the fence is composed, b, the end post and c, one of the line posts. The wires may be secured tothe end post by any preferred means and from thence they are stretched as usual to the line posts. Secured on one side of the post b, by means of a bolt b passing through it, are the downwardly extending anchor rods d, which extend to a point below the lower end of the post and are provided 'at their lower ends with the anchors d held in place by nuts working over vthe rods. These anchors are adapted to be buried inthe earth, as shown in Fig. 1, and by this means the post is braced from lateral movement. Secured at its middle to the post b, at a point just above the level ofthe ground, is a heavy rod of iron e, which extends laterally on each side of the post until the rods d are reached where the rod e is made to embrace the rods d, and by this means the latter rods are keptin their position.

The post b, is prevented from displacement on a line with the line of the fence by means of the brace f, and anchor g. The brace f, consists of a stout rigid bar of iron provided 6o with an eye f at its upper end which ernbraces the post b, and the bar projects downwardly to the level of the ground where it is bifurcated at f2 and made to embrace the upwardly extending projection h of the horizontally extending rod h. This rod, h', is secured by means of an eye h2, to the post b, and projects out to a point that may be reached by the bar f.

The anchor g, is formed of strips of sheet 7o metal bent first at its middle on a horizontal plane, around the post just below the rod h', t thence outwardlyand finally the ends downwardly and inwardly, the latter bend being combined with a twist so as to place the edge- 7 5 wise disposition of the ends at right angles to the lineof the fence. These ends are buried in the earth and by their means the brace f, is assisted in its operation of keeping the post from giving toward the fence.

The line post c, is shown in detail Fig. 2, and it consists of the usual iron post provided with a plate e', extending paralleltherewith and secured in place by means of the bolts c passing through the post. One edge of the plate t', projects beyond the post and is formed with a series of notches 7c which extend downwardly at an angle of about forty-tive degrees. These notches are adapted for the reception of the wires of the fence and by their means 9o the wires are held in place.

The post c, is braced by means of the anchor l, which is constructed of two strips of sheet metal Z and Z2, one of which is bent at eaohend and in opposite directions to form the offsets m, and near its middle to form an I eye m which is adapted to embrace the post, the remaining strip Z2 being secured to the iirst so as to braceand strengthen it near the eye m. By meansof this eye the anchor is roo attached to the post.

As the use of the devices herein described v does not diler from that of the devices com monly employed, no description of the use will be necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Abrace for fence posts comprising a horizontally extending rod secured at one end to the postand projecting therefrom and adapted to rest on the earth, a second rod secured to the post near its top and extending downwardly to the free end of the first rod to which end it is attached and an anchor secured to the post below the horizontal or lirst rod and formed of a strip of sheet metal bent around the post and having its ends bent downwardly so as to be buried in the earth, the said ends being twisted so as to occur with an edgewise disposition at right angles with the line of the fence, substantially as described.

2. A fence post brace comprising a horizontally extending rod secured atone end to the post and projecting therefrom and adapted to rest on the earth, a second rod securedto the' post near its top and extending downwardly to the free end of the rst rod to which end it is attached, an anchor secured to the post below the horizontal or first rod and formed of a strip of sheet metal bent around the post and having its ends bent downwardly so as to be buried in the earth, the said ends being twisted so as to occur with the edgewise disposition at right angles to the line of the fence, a bar secured to each side of the post, near its upper end, and extending downwardly below the post and slightly outwardly, and anchor plates fixed to the lower ends of the bars, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v CYRUS P. HEIST. Witnesses:

S. N. CRAGUN, Ronin W. Renners. 

